Seeing the time passing by moment by moment, the generals couldn't hold their breath. Wasn't it the agreed noon hour? Why was it almost past noon hour and there was still no movement? They couldn't hold it any longer and wanted to ask Xia Hou

Xuan, but seeing Xia Houxuan's dark face, he had to hold it back.

Could Xia Houxuan not have a dark face? How could it not make him heartbroken when the battle plan he worked so hard to come up with faced the possibility of failure due to the uncooperation of the friendly forces before the battle?

What's worse is that Xia Houxuan only formulated a battle plan and did not have a backup second plan. In other words, without the support of Sima Yi's army, he had not yet thought about what to do with the army going deep into the South alone.

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The consequences of this are almost disastrous. Although the whereabouts of the Southern Conquest Army have not yet been discovered by Wu Jun, as time goes by, it is certain that it will be exposed. It is just a matter of sooner or later.

After the whereabouts of the Southern Conquest Army were exposed, there was no doubt that they would be encircled and attacked by the Wu Army. Xiahou Xuan was not afraid of fighting, but facing several times the number of enemy troops, Xiahou Xuan still had no idea.

The most important thing is that the Zhengnan Army is currently short of food and grass. In order to have a sneak attack, the Zhengnan Army moves forward almost lightly, abandoning all heavy vehicles. Each soldier only carries seven days of dry food. In other words, the Zhengnan Army

The Southern Army can last for up to seven days. If it cannot get rid of the Wu Army's siege and pursuit after seven days, it will collapse first.

Xia Houxuan looked at Cao Liang and remembered what Cao Liang said to him yesterday. He couldn't help but feel a trace of regret. If he had listened to Cao Liang's advice earlier and made preparations, why would he be so passive now?

Xiahou Xuan was about to talk to Cao Liang when Ren Lan shouted excitedly: "General Xiahou, the smoke... the smoke!"

Looking in the direction of Ren Lan's finger, in the northeast sky, a black smoke rose into the sky, as if it was soaring into the sky.

Xia Houxuan was so excited that he couldn't contain himself, and the depression in his chest suddenly burst out. He pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed it diagonally forward, and shouted loudly: "Pass my order, charge!

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The Zhengnan Army was already a little impatient waiting for this military order. Now that the military order was issued, the Zhengnan Army rushed towards the Wu Army's camp like tigers emerging from the forest.

When the smoke rose, Sima Yi had already begun to command the army to forcefully cross the Huaihe River. The reason for the delay was mainly because there were some minor problems when setting up the pontoon bridge. However, these minor problems were quickly dealt with, and the army began to follow the original plan.

Plan to head to the south bank of the Huaihe River.

Sima Yi was well aware of the Wu army's ambush on the south bank of the Huaihe River, but he had his own plan, so he did not panic at all. Anyway, the Wu army's plan was to attack halfway across the river, and when the Wei army did not reach the south bank in sufficient numbers,

, they would not launch an attack easily, but this gave the Wei army some convenience in crossing the river.

The Wei army erected four pontoon bridges on the Huai River at the same time. Tens of thousands of troops formed four columns, continuously passing through the pontoon bridges and entering the south bank of the Huai River.

After the Wu army withdrew from Shouchun and Yiyang, they rushed to Anfengdu to set up an ambush. Among them, Quan Cong's tribe who had withdrawn from the east road ambush east of Anfengdu, and Zhuge Jin's tribe who had withdrawn from the west road ambush in Anfengdu.

To the west of Fengdu, there are hundreds of thousands of troops on the east and west routes, all eyeing An Fengdu.

According to the plan proposed by Zhuge Ke, one group of Wu troops besieged the city in Anfeng to lure the enemy, while the other two groups had tied up their pockets at Anfengdu and waited for the Wei army to attack.

This plan was approved by Sun Quan, so the Wu army quickly withdrew from Shouchun and Yiyang, and entered an ambush position to wait for the arrival of the Wei army.

The geographical location of Anfengdu is quite special. The water flow of Anfengdu is gentle and the river surface is wide, making it suitable for crossing the river.

The terrain on the north bank is relatively flat and vast as far as the eye can see. From the high ground on the south bank, the Wu army could clearly see the movements of the Wei army. It was almost unobstructed and unobstructed.

On the south bank of Anfengdu, there are undulating hills and lush vegetation. Those mountains and forests created extremely hidden conditions for the Wu army to set up an ambush.

In short, the Wu army was hiding in the mountains and forests on the south bank of the Huaihe River. After the Wei army arrived at the front line, it was almost a luxury to hope to spy on the situation on the south bank from the north bank, because when looking at the south bank from the north bank, there was really nothing to see except a lush green area.

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This was naturally very beneficial to the Wu army's ambush. Zhuge Ke's choice to set up an ambush at Anfengdu was indeed carefully considered. Compared with other ferries along the Huaihe River, Anfengdu was probably the most suitable.

That's why Zhuge Ke withdrew all three armies and attacked Anfeng City as bait. The other two armies set up ambushes, preparing to catch the Wei army by surprise in a field battle.

In addition, the reason why Zhuge Ke chose the plan of attacking halfway across the river was because it could effectively kill the Wei army and give the Wei army a head-on blow. If the Wu army defended across the river, it would certainly be possible to block the Wei army to the north of the Huaihe River and force the Wei army to cross.

The Huaihe River adds countless difficulties.

But in this way, the number of people Wu Jun could kill and injure Wei Jun was extremely limited. Moreover, if Wei Jun felt that Anfengdu could not be crossed easily, they would definitely give up Anfengdu temporarily and look for other ferries that could easily cross the river.

For example, Shouchun and Yiyang, which are currently controlled by the Wei army, would be much easier if the Wei army could cross the river from there.

Therefore, Wu Jun tried his best to disguise Anfengdu as undefended. At least on the surface, Wu Jun could not be seen at all. This was used to confuse Wei Jun, and then when Wei Jun was halfway across, he attacked in one fell swoop.

The Wei army was severely damaged on the south bank of the Huaihe River.

The Wu people thought they had a plan, but they didn't know that Sima Yi had fought all his life. This kind of childish trick was just a remnant of what he had done back then. So Sima Yi had figured it out early on that the Wu people were not easy to deal with and would give way to the Huaihe River in vain.

It was a natural barrier, so before Sima Yi arrived at Anfengdu, he had already anticipated the methods and tricks Wu Jun might adopt.

Attacking halfway across the river is the most reliable method among many military formations. Sima Yi had already anticipated that the Wu army might set up an ambush at Anfengdu. For this reason, Sima Yi also carefully designed a counterattack plan.

The mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind. When Wu thought he had a trick, he wanted to be a mantis hidden behind the leaves to attack the Wu army, but little did he know that he had already been targeted by the oriole.
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